Ken Arromdee wrote:

I don't know if this sets a record for obscure crossovers, but it's got to
come close.  Comments, particularly from people who know the series, are

very

appreciated.

Hmm. Eko is a Japanese live action, right? It looked like it had an anime
feel to it

                              Dark Confrontation
                                by Ken Arromdee

    It began just a couple of months past the

'past' doesn't feel right here. 'after' maybe?

 start of our senior year in

high school.  Like me and the other girls always did at lunchtime, we had
gathered together on one side of the room and were chatting about whatever
struck our fancy.  There was me, Fumiko Gisei; Kei

don't know as semi-colons should be used here. It looks awkward, even if
grammatically correct.

Akashatsu, who was a little

taller than me and had slightly shorter hair; and Tomie Kamizawa, who in

the

few months she had been here had become perhaps the most popular girl in

our

class--at least among the boys.

Don't know that series, though I guess it figures she'd stand out in a
crowd.

  Her long black hair, her figure, and her face

were perfection, except for one tiny mole beneath her left eye.

And if you call it a  'beauty mark', then it only enhances her beauty. :)

    I didn't know at the time what was going to happen to us in the next
couple of weeks; there was no way anyone could have known.

    It was on that Thursday that we noticed the long-haired girl sitting

near

the window.  She had to have belonged there, and I vaguely recalled seeing

her

before, but I just couldn't remember exactly when she had become part of

our

class.

Heh. Reminds me of Tsukihime.

something

that normal people stare at.  And then she mumbled something.

    I glanced at the girl for a moment, and she looked back with an

intense

though brief stare, far more than a glance.  And then as if satisfied that

I

wasn't in the way of something she returned to staring into and mumbling

at

the little trinket.

then,... something, she

    "There's something weird about her," said Tomie.  She pondered the

girl

and then came to a conclusion.  "But I don't see why we can't make friends
with her.  Surely there's nothing she can do to hurt us."

Ah, famous last words

    "You mean have some fun with her?" asked Kei.

That was Kei for you, Being a nympho dyke, she wanted to 'have fun' with all
the girls.

    "Nothing complicated" she answered.  "Though you may be interested in
knowing, the rain's going to slow down when we get out of school.  Fifteen
minutes later, it's going to stop."  She spoke the words with utter

certainty,

and I almost believed she could predict the future--but only for a moment.
There was no way this girl was going to shake me up just by sitting there

and

claiming to tell fortunes.

Ah, but if she's right often enough, it's worth listening to.

    "And what's your blood type?" asked Tomie.

    "So what kind of boys do you like?" I added.

Misa: live ones, though most of my previous boyfriends never remained that
way for long after we started dating.

    "No.  They die a lot."

Ha! I guess it goes with the genre.

    "I don't have any choice," said Misa.  "I can use it or not use it,

but

things around me that happen... happen."

Yes, things tend to do that.

    Tomie began to tell us the tale, in a low whisper that rivalled

anything

one would hear at midnight around a campfire.  "This mansion was once full

of

death for girls like us.  It wasn't long ago that neighbors would tell

stories

about all the beautiful teenage girls at the Hinada Mansion."

    Kei giggled.  "Where you were one of ten girls trying to make it with

one

guy?"

Heh. Cute

themselves, and they needed companionship.  Over and over again they took

in

someone like you or me, and over and over again that girl showed up dead a

few months later."

Gee. You think someone would have detected the pattern

    "They were good friends with the police.  Nobody ever investigated.  I
could have died then...  you see they were nuts.  The woman killed

herself,

just a few months after I got here.  And the old man and the servant...

They

finally snapped, and they killed each other.  I was the last of those

girls,

and I would have been the last of their victims if I had just gotten back

a

little earlier.  Sometimes I still imagine I can hear them walking

around...."

Geez. Sounds morbid.

    Until the Inuyasha theme song exploded from my purse,

Wow! That is scary.

    I looked away from Tomie and back to my notebook.  I also tried to

stop

scaring myself, but the harder you try to not think of something, the

easier it

comes to mind.

True. Very true.

    Maybe it was nothing important, anyway.  Tomie could be imagining

something

too.

something, too. (I think)

    "You suspected me of killing the other girls at the mansion, didn't

you?"

asked Tomie.

Heh.

    Misa, not the least bit contrite, readily admitted it.  "Yes, I did.

From

what happened, anyone would suspect you."

I guess that's true.

    "No, you couldn't!  I admit it.  You couldn't possibly have killed the
girls.  You only got there a few months ago.  People were dying at the

Hinata

mansion for years.  And I saw the police report.  The old people and their
servant died by their own hands.  There's nothing unexplained about it."

Misa

barely hid a sneer on her face as she realized that Tomie had caught her
trying to ruin her reputation.

Hmm. I don't think it's quite like that.

    "I think that's it" said Tomie.  "I just wanted to get all that out in

the

open.  It's not every day one of us accuses the other one of murder.

It didn't get that far. it was only suspicon of murder. :)

    Suddenly, unexpectedly, she bowed to us.  "I didn't mean to cause any
trouble" she said.  "Will you ever forgive me?"

    And perhaps as unexpectedly, I wasn't so sure we wanted to lose a

friend

over one little incident after all.  I even wondered if I had imagined the
sneer I thought I saw on Misa's face.  I thought about it, and finally

said "Of

course.  It's all so silly."

Hmm. Okay.

    We ended up seeing Mr. Vampire.  The movie was a little scary, a

little

funny, and a little of a lot of other things.

Heard about it but never actually saw it. Heard good things, though.

    "It's..." replied Tomie as she regained her composure.  "I just

thought

that after yesterday we were through with her.  I was very surprised when

you

said she's coming."

Fumiko really ought to mention the apology and that Misa wanted there to be
no hard feelings.

    If those words had any real power like I had half wondered the day

before,

Tomie didn't seem to notice at all.  "Oh, oh, what's the little witch girl
going to do, strike me down with lightning?  Turn me into a toad?  Stab me

with

that knife she has under her skirt?"

    Misa stopped her chant, and gave the obvious answer.  "See a movie?"

Heh. Nice response

    At that point, Tomie stopped, for the second time that afternoon.  She
didn't gape again, but suddenly it seemed as if everything she had done

that

day was very calculated...  and she had miscalculated.

Hmm. Perhaps she was the one who pulled the strings that ended up killing
the killers at the house

plays with pointy things and "predicts" the future to being the kind of

witch

who speaks a word and makes the earth tremble.  I hadn't really seen

anything

unexplained at all.

    But Tomie had broken out into a childish outburst at the mere thought

of

Misa.  And when Misa arrived, Tomie had taken one look at her eyes, and at
that moment Tomie no longer was the confident,

Tomie was no longer the (sounds better to me)

    "Then meet me at my place.  You know where it is.  I'll tell you all
about it there."

Hmm. I smell set up.

turning people into toads for her; it's all a lot more subtle than that.

I

never did want to be friends with her, you know.  But she did something,
something with the powers that she called on, and before I knew it I

it, I

was
there

welcoming her to our little group.  I hate her, I could never stop hating
her inside no matter what words of kindness I was forced to speak, and the
only way we can be safe is if we get rid of her before...."

And how did Tomie break this supposed spell that had her spouting such
things.

    "I wouldn't leave if I were you, Fumi-chan," said Tomie.  "Misa's out

there,

and she's coming to get me.  I want you to stay here until we're safe."

    Out there, yes.  I couldn't go out there, not yet.  Maybe there was
some place I could hide in this mansion, until Misa and Tomie fought it

out

and I could escape in the confusion.

Hmm. well, we know there was a spell there.

    "Fumi-chan, it's all right" she said.

Hmm. Which means it isn't all right.

    "Not a witch, a wizard," said Misa, and she began a low chant.  "Eko

Eko

Azarak, Eko Eko Zomelak...."

True, Misa has been open about what she is. Tomie is the one who's been
secretive.

mole under her left eye.  She starts out innocent and helpful, but soon
becomes stuck-up and bitchy.  Men find her the most beautiful thing

they've

ever seen, and all people fall over to satisfy her needs.  Eventually they
become violent.  Some obey her every wishes and will even kill when she
commands it.  Some just go insane.  Some turn on her, but it doesn't

matter.

It's been happening for at least a century."

Hmm. That rings a bell. I think I might have heard about the movie, then.

    That was about the worst thing that could have happened.  I tried to

close

the door, but Tomie's body was in the way.  As I struggled to push the

corpse

away, Akira came running down the hall, saw us, and screamed.  The only

worse

time to come would have been when Tomie was still alive.

True.

locked room and plunged it into the hole beneath the handle.  The door

opened

easily...  onto an empty room.  Gusts of cold nighttime air blew out of

the

window that Akira had used to make his escape.

She'll be back, then

    Someday Tomie would be back.

Yep. The mole will be the giveaway.

Nice short. I enjoyed it much. More action that horror oriented, but very
good work. Nice flow and the first person narrative style worked.

DB Sommer



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